Category: Farm Life

  • Eggs and Expectations

    Eggs and Expectations

    How I went from wanting to “off” my chickens for eating their own eggs to understanding greed, expectations, and inner peace.

  • Kicking My Coffee Habit: Day 2

    Kicking My Coffee Habit: Day 2

    The good news is that I’m still alive, but between the dogs and an escaped chicken, it was an interesting morning.

  • Of Mice and Hens

    Of Mice and Hens

    Recently we noticed that mice were getting into our chicken coop. Who can blame them? It’s warm, dry, and there’s always a stash of food. The first sign was the hole they chewed in our bag of pine shavings. We used to keep this bag in the coop, where we…